COD 2025 - D1095

Webinar - Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

Literature lovers interested in discussing The Great Gatsby and Fitzgerald's narrative. Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature

1 sesiones, inicia: 07-May

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Ficha del curso

Ciclo: 2025
Nivel: A Distancia
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Anunciado
Lugar: A Distancia
Capacitador/es: Cecilia Lasa PhD
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1 07 Mayo 2025 05:30 pm 07:30 pm

Capacitador/es

Cecilia Lasa

Cecilia Lasa holds a Ph. D. in Literature and a Master's Degree in Literatures in Foreign Languages and in Comparative Literatures (FFyL, UBA). She is a Teacher of English (IESLV "Juan R. Fernández") and a Teacher of Literature (FFyL, UBA). She has a Higher Diploma in Research in Humanities (UBA) and has done a Specialisation in Reading, Writing and Education (FLACSO) and in Writing and Literature (Ministerio de Educación, Argentina). She has worked as a teacher of Literature and of academic reading and writing in Teacher Training Colleges in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires and national universities as well. She is currently working as a teacher and researcher in English Literature and American Literature (FFyL, UBA). She is the author of Academic Writing and has edited and co-authored Literatura y formación docente. Proyectos de lectura y de escritura.
Literature lovers interested in discussing The Great Gatsby and Fitzgerald's narrative. Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature
- To identify the main features of Fitzgerald's narrative style
- To recognise Fitzgerald's main thematic concerns
- To characterise the status of American Literature at the beginning of the 20th century
- To describe the main aspects of the historical context in which Fitzgerald writes his stories and novels
- To analyse the cultural and political implications of The Great Gatsby
- Narrative crises by the end of the 19th century.
- New ways of writing literature.
- The USA and Europe in the context of the First and the Second World Wars.
- Fitzgerald's experimental narrative.
- Character construction, setting and atmosphere in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
- Recovery of attendees' previous knowledge about the text and its author
- Discussion of aspects related to the context of production
- Introduction to the main thematic concerns and artistic aspects of The Great Gatsby
- Exploration of specific features of the text –characters, setting, conflict, etc.
- Guided group analysis of the text.
Source text

Fitzgerald, F. S. The Great Gatsby.

Critical and theoretical material

Bloom, Harold. American Fiction between the Wars. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2005.
Blower, Brooke. Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Cowley, Malcolm. A Second Flowering. Works and Days of the Lost Generation. New York: Viking Press, 1973.
Dolan, Marc. Modern Lives: A Cultural Re-reading of "The Lost Generation" West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1996.

Cambridge's Bibliography about Literature in English

Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE® Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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